President Trump was hit with yet another Twitter warning label, this time over his claims about mail-in voting.
Twitter flagged a tweet on Sunday that asserted that mail-in drop boxes pose a health risk during the coronavirus pandemic and are ripe for voter fraud.
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“So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster,” Trump tweeted. “Among other things, they make it possible for a person to vote multiple times. Also, who controls them, are they placed in Republican or Democrat areas? They are not Covid sanitized. A big fraud!”
So now the Democrats are using Mail Drop Boxes, which are a voter security disaster. Among other things, they make it possible for a person to vote multiple times. Also, who controls them, are they placed in Republican or Democrat areas? They are not Covid sanitized. A big fraud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2020
Twitter responded by putting a gray box over the tweet that says the message violated the social media giant’s rules about civic and election integrity. “However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the message added.
There is a “view” option that allows a viewer to see the original tweet, but it adds an extra step for someone to see the president’s message.
Now, Twitter has repeatedly placed fact-checking and warning messages on Trump’s tweets, including for “manipulated” video and tweets about the protests in Minneapolis over George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, that the social media platform said violated its rules about glorifying violence.
Trump has criticized mass mail-in voting as an alternative to in-person voting during the pandemic, despite many states already taking steps to ensure it as an option in November, raising concerns about the potential for voter fraud. Experts have pushed back on Trump’s claims that mail-in voting is unsafe.
